The Best Wine of the Month Clubs Delivered Under $15 a Bottle

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We think Firstleaf is a great choice for an affordable wine of the month club. At $15 a bottle (includes shipping), we find the wine to be better quality than many of the other wine subscription boxes in this price range.

Firstleaf is a personalized wine club. This means the wines you receive are selected for you based on what they know about your preferences. Like other personalized clubs, you start your membership with a palate quiz, and then you rate your wines so they can learn about what you like. This is different than a curated club which sends all of their customers the same wines.

From what we can tell, the Firstleaf wine-selection technology is more sophisticated than other popular clubs like WSJwine or TastingRoom.com. They leverage a great deal of data science, and even chemical profiling of their wines, to get better matches to your preferences. Firstleaf also uses a much broader inventory of wines, further increasing their chances of picking the right wines for your preferences. As compared with other personalized wine clubs, we found Firstleaf learns your preferences the fastest, though it still takes a few shipments.

Like most wine clubs featuring inexpensive wine, the white wine is superior to the red wine. Unlike most cheaper wine clubs, Firstleaf also lets you opt in to rosé and sparkling wine — which we love. You can choose California wine, International wine, or a mix (first select during the palate quiz, but you can change this any time). You can also specify how many of each type of wine you'd like (for example, instead of 3 whites and reds, you can do 2 whites and 4 reds).

After you sign up, you can change your shipment frequency to every two months or every three months, and you can change this at any time, making it easy to plan around company or travel plans.

We love the "try before you buy" option. $40 gets you a 6-bottle wine shipment to check out their quality and see if the subscription suits you. Future shipments are 6 bottles and you are automatically enrolled in the wine club when you order the introductory wine pack.

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Winc appears on many of our Best Wine Clubs lists for a good reason — it's a great wine club. They're so great because they think of their subscription customers as their favorite customers, bestowing up on these loyal wine drinkers their best prices, their best savings offers, and the coolest specials.

Winc is #2 on the Best Affordable list because it's also one of the most affordable wine of the month clubs we know of — as noted above, we've set the standard of affordability at $15 per bottle or less, delivered.

In addition to very affordable pricing — wines start at $13 per bottle and roughly 60% of their inventory is available at this price — Winc offers our readers a rare $25 discount on your first shipment, free shipping on every order of four or more bottles, and industry-leading levels of personalization.

Some other things we really like about Winc include additional savings opportunities like getting $10 in credits for rating 10 wines, saving 10% on orders of 12 bottles or more, and pre-buying credits at a discount of up to 20% off. We also love their focus on environmental sustainability and of course, a 100% satisfaction guarantee — "Never pay for a bottle you don't like."

The Caveat: While we think the red wines priced $18 and up are a good value, we typically find the $13 reds to be lacking. This is true of every wine of the month club on this list, except #7.

Winc makes a great gift! We've heard from some people that they'd rather not give a gift where the recipient has to pick their own wines. They don't have to at Winc, but they can if they want to. We love this. Gift memberships are given as gift cards in amounts starting at $60.

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Nakedwines.com isn't a new wine club, but we've only recently formally reviewed them. And we're sorry we waited. We were absolutely impressed with the 6-bottle introductory shipment we received. Before we get into that, it's important to know that Nakedwines.com isn't exactly a regular wine club, it's more of a wine-buying membership where your membership fees go toward your wine purchases and any unspent funds are fully refundable.

There are so many reasons to love Nakedwines.com and we outline them all in our full review, but here is a sampling of our favorite features:

A huge variety of wine is available. No matter what your existing wine preferences are, or how much wine tasting your way through the world you want to do, you'll find you can create a fantastic wine subscription with their inventory. All kinds of red wine, white wine, sparkling and champagne are available. Every wine is described so you know if it's on the sweeter side, the drier side, or somewhere in between. Wine prices vary widely from $8 (a deeply discounted member price) to $45 with a great selection under $15.

You pick your own wine with the benefit of other members' ratings. This isn't just a personalized pick-em-yourself wine club, they make recommendations based on how you've rated your previous wines, but those ratings are shared with their customers, and the public, so you can pick only the most popular ones if you want.

You have a relationship with the winemakers. Your monthly deposits ensure there are funds to pay independent winemakers for the gems they produce. The winemakers are grateful for this way of working, as it allows them to be creative and guarantees them an income. We know this because when you comment on one of their wines, good or bad, odds are good you'll get a helpful or grateful response from the winemaker directly. It makes you feel good about buying your wine from Nakedwines.com.

A great introductory deal. We love it when wine clubs offer an low-cost offer to try their wares and Nakedwines.com has two options for you: a six-bottle deal for $49.99 or a 12-bottle deal for $89.99. Note: You don't get to pick the wines in this deal, so you may not love everything the way you would if you picked your own wine.

Typically the best deals in wine are when it is purchased by the case (12 bottles in a box). Since many people don't drink 12 bottles per month, case clubs are typically sold on a quarterly basis. Some of us, ahem, not mentioning any names, definitely drink more than a bottle a week and this Case Club Series from The California Wine Club is happy to oblige you with monthly or bi-monthly shipments if you're like us.

If you've been researching wine of the month clubs on your own, you've probably seen a lot of these case clubs around (sometimes on Groupon or other discount/closeout sites), and you may have noticed they're typically $170 per shipment once shipping is factored in. That roughs out to $14.17 per bottle delivered. This Case Club is just $173 per shipment, including shipping ($14.42 per bottle delivered).

Unlike other 12-bottle wine clubs (some of which are on this list), this Case Club will never send you what the industry not-so-affectionately terms "bulk wine." We go into detail elsewhere on this, but bulk wine is produced on a very large scale and substitutes finesse, character, and care for price. At WineClubReviews.net we're not super judgy about this as many people can't tell the difference or don't care about how the wine was produced as long as they can afford it and they like it. If you DO care about this, then THIS is the affordable wine club you're looking for.

Each shipment contains 8-11 boutique California wines (retailing in the $18-30 range) and 1-4 wines from the Pacific Northwest or even other places around the world.

There are no introductory offers for the Case Club Series from The California Wine Club. Priced 48% below what this wine club normally charges for these same wines, we think you can understand why. Plus, you get better value in every box than you'll find in the shipments from the other clubs.

Why compromise? At The California Wine Club you get a 100% Love It Guarantee and a personal wine concierge to go with your membership!

When you're looking at wine clubs priced under $15 per bottle, it's a good idea to consider TastingRoom by Lot 18. Most people are introduced to this wine club via their $6.95 wine tasting kit experience, but we think that's not the reason to try this wine club and it's definitely not the reason you'll stay with this wine club.

At $15 a bottle the wine should be good, but you shouldn't expect it to be great. Sometimes you'll find an absolute winner for your taste buds, and likewise you might find a stinker (which they'll replace at no cost to you), but in general, their wines are good for the price.

What makes TastingRoom.com stand out though is that they are a full-fledged online subscription service offering every convenience you might expect from such a service. Using data they collect, both from you when you rate your wines and from their other customers, they make recommendations for the wines in your monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly box. But like other personalized wine subscriptions: you can preview and change every single wine in the box if you want to.

TastingRoom.com is also really good at notifications and online interactions. You'll be notified a few weeks before your shipment is ready to go out and you can easily change the shipment date, change the wines in the box, or even change the size/frequency of your deliveries. And... you can cancel online (which hardly anyone lets you do).

All that said, TastingRoom.com doesn't have a stellar reputation among consumers and we strongly recommend reading our full review before you sign up. Of course, since you've read this far, you know you'll be signing up for automatic wine club shipments when you order the tasting kit and since you're reading our website, you'll also know that the first shipment of wine you receive has no relationship to how you rated the bottles shipped in the tasting kit.

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Overview: This 12-bottle case of wine club really jumpstarted this type of affordable wine subscription in the US and features value-focused white and red wines from around the world. Their $12 international wine selections typically offer better value in white wine than red. Take advantage of their introductory offer of just $69.99 for a case, but be warned, you are signing up for recurring shipments at $149.99.

What We Love: We've received many shipments of wine from the WSJwine Wine Club over the years, but we continue to hold the club in relatively low esteem. It's perfect for a wine lover who wants an inexpensive selection of International wine delivered to their door every quarter. It's not a good fit for anyone who likes wine that sells above $15 at the grocery store.

Could Be Better: Because of the success of the WSJwine club, many other wine clubs are competing with 12-bottle case clubs priced around $170 per quarter (including shipping costs). Some of them are offering much better quality wine for that price so we know they could, too.

Overview: A surprisingly high-quality affordable wine club offering a comprehensive range of wine regions, grape varieties, and wine styles. 90+ Cellars is a modern-day négociant, sourcing wine at all different stages of production to produce wine at very low prices.

What We Love: We've been fans of the Ninety Plus brand since we started working in the wine business. We especially love the affordable pricing, which allows wine shoppers on a budget to explore premium wine regions and the grapes they're known for.

Could Be Better: We'd really like to see a white wine (and rosé and sparkling) only option, as Ninety Plus Cellars makes a variety of interesting whites, rosés, and sparkling wines.

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Overview: Among other "journey around the wine world" clubs Wine Awesomness stands out for exceptional educational materials. This is a great wine club for you if you're not sure yet if you're a "wine club" person or if you're looking to give a gift to a young wine-lover who's just starting to discover the world of wine.

What We Love: The level of sophistication in both design and writing of their monthly magazine and how the wine isn't expensive but is a very good value.

Could Be Better: So many people love to give wine subscriptions as gifts, and we think a gift packaging option and customizable gift notifications would add to the subscription gift option.

Overview: Among all of the case clubs (12 bottles, typically shipped quarterly), this 90+ International wine club is among the best two deals. The other focuses only on California wine, but this one takes you on a journey around the world. Enjoy eclectic wines at the best prices you'll find.

What We Love: It's so easy to get into a wine rut and stick with what you know. Wired For Wine ® helps you break out of that rut in a low-cost, satisfaction guaranteed way so you can find new wines to love. Also, when compared with similarly-priced case clubs, this one stands out for wine quality in a big way.

Could Be Better: Normally we'd ask for a deal for this club, but it's already priced as low as it can go, so it's nearly perfect as is! We'd love to see a little bit of customization available and also monthly clubs for people who drink more than a bottle a week.

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Overview: The Cellar Series is the 6-bottle upgrade for each of the Wine of the Month Club's standard 2-bottle series: Classic, Vintners, and Limited. If their selection works for you, you can now get six bottles per shipment, which lowers your per-bottle shipping cost.

What We Love: Paul Kalemkiarian, second generation proprietor at Wine of the Month Club ™ goes out of his way to source interesting wines, and in this price point that can be a challenge, particularly in finding California wines. So he leans on an International selection to bring you better value in this price range.

Could Be Better: For more info on the Cellar Series, we suggest reading our full reviews for The Classic Series, The Vintners Series, and The Limited Series.

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